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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.JACOB WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WILLIAM F.LENNON, OF SAME. PLACE.

SASH-BALANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,592, dated December1, 1885.

Application filed May 27, '1885. Serial No. 166,860.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB WEBER, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Weight Attachment forWVindow-Sashes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to dispense with cords and pulleys in theapplication of weights to window-sashes; and my invention consists ofthe construction, arrangement, and

combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis "specification,

1 in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken front elevation of a window frame and sash havingmy new Weight attachment applied thereto, the lowersash being shownpartly raised. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the window-frame, showing theplate for keeping the weights in place. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan viewon the line 50 x of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional edge viewshowing a modified arrangement of one of the weights.

The window-frame A in Figs. 1, 2, and3 is constructed to formweight-channels B B immediately in line with the edges of the win- 0dow-sash O O, in the usual manner where weights are used; but in Fig. 4the windowframe has the weight-channel B offset from the edge of thesash, to enable my new weight attachment to be applied to windows in use3 5 without weights or weight-channels.

D represents the window-weights placed in the weight-channels B, andheld therein by the plates E, that are formed with channels 6 to receivethe weights, as shown clearly in Fig. 4c 3. The weights D are of alength about equal to that of the vertical sides of the sash-frames G,and are each formed with arack, d, at their inner edges, the edgesfacing the stiles A of the window-frame. The window-sashes Care 4 5provided with racks c attheir outer edges, and

in openings a, made in the stiles A, are journaled 011 the rods or shortshafts f the pinions F, which mesh with the racks c and d, as shownclearly in Fig. 1, so that movement of the sash will communicate reversemotion to the weights.

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WVhen the sash and weights areput in place in the window-frame A, theupper sash will be put at the bottom of the frame A and its weight Dlifted to theto'p of the frame, and the connection of both racks c anddwith pinion F then made, so that the action of the Weight on the pinionwill through the pinion lift the sash and hold it closed. The lower sashwill he put in place the reverse of the above-that is, it will be raisedto the top of the frame A and the weight D put at the bottom, and theconnection of racks c and d with pinion F then made, so that thelowering of the lower sash will elevate the weight, so that throughpinion F it will assist in raising the lower sash.

In case a windowframe without weights is so constructed that a channelfor the weights cannot be formed in line with the edges of the sash, Ishall form a channel, B, at one side, as shown in Fig. 4, and employ twopinions, F F, both made fast to a short shaft, f, of a length to reachfrom the rack of the weight in the side channel to the rack on thewindowsash, so that the pinions F F will mesh with said racks onopposite sides, and thus cause the sash and weight to mutually act uponeach other, as above described, to operate the window.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a sash-balance, the combination, with the weights having racksengaged by pinions which engage with the racks of the sashes, of theguide-plates, each formed or cast in one piece with the walls ofchambers receiving and guiding the weights, substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The channel B, offset from the windowsash, and provided with weightD, having rack d, in combination with the sash provided with rack c. andthe two pinions F F, secured on shaft f, and meshing on opposite sideswith the rack of the weight and that of the sash, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

JACOB WEBER.

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H. A. WEsT, EDGAR TATE.

